Vale SA (VALE): Today's Featured Metals & Mining Winner

Vale was a winner within the metals & mining industry, rising $0.41 (3.0%) to $14.02 on heavy volume

Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link.

Vale ( VALE) pushed the Metals & Mining industry higher today making it today's featured metals & mining winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.5%. By the end of trading, Vale rose $0.41 (3.0%) to $14.02 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 34,948,996 shares of Vale exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 17,676,900 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $13.68-$14.08 after having opened the day at $13.68 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $13.61. Other companies within the Metals & Mining industry that increased today were: Timberline Resources Corporation ( TLR), up 19.4%, James River Coal Company ( JRCC), up 8.3%, Silver Standard Resources ( SSRI), up 6.2% and Avino Silver & Gold Mines ( ASM), up 5.3%.

Vale S.A. engages in the research, production, and marketing of iron ore and pellets, nickel, fertilizers, copper, coal, manganese, ferroalloys, cobalt, platinum group metals, and precious metals in Brazil and internationally. Vale has a market cap of $67.9 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. Shares are down 10.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Vale a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Vale as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, increase in net income and attractive valuation levels. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow.